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John Ross commented on ARIES-1146:
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Note that this will be addressed in the subsystems R6 implementation.
The subsystem-api bundle will continue to provide the
org.osgi.service.repository API at version 1.0 for backwards compatibility. I'm
open to removing it altogether but will not do so without a sufficient
consensus. I am aware of at least one product that would be affected. Also note
this would require a major version bump to 2.0.
The subsystem-impl bundle no longer even imports the
org.osgi.service.repository API. Instead, it looks for all registered
repository services, regardless of version, then uses reflection to invoke the
1.0 methods Repository.findProviders and RepositoryContent.getContent.
> Aries Subsystem use of org.osgi.service.repository.Repository interface
> problematic
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>
> Key: ARIES-1146
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARIES-1146
> Project: Aries
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Subsystem
> Affects Versions: 1.0
> Reporter: David Bosschaert
>
> Aries Subsystems can work with OSGi repositories to provision resources as
> required by the OSGi Subsystem spec. However the implementation also
> implements the Repository interface itself to provide Repository facades over
> other things like the Felix Repository, the .esa content and other things...
> Looking at the relevant Import-Package header, I see that it's defined as
> follows:
> org.osgi.service.repository;version="[1.0,2)"
> This is problematic since the Repository interface is a Provider Type and
> hence version 1.1 can (and will) contain new methods. Using a 1.1 Repository
> will then break the current Subsystems implementation, as it's local
> Repository facades are implementing the Repository 1.0 interface.
> Changing the version range to "[1.0, 1.1)" is not a good idea either, because
> that will limit the integration with Repository services. I.e. the won't make
> Subsystems work with Repository 1.1 implementations.
> So we do want to keep the import
> org.osgi.service.repository;version="[1.0,2)"
> in tact, but need to change the Subsystems implementation in such a way that
> it can continue to work if the Repository interface moves to 1.1, where new
> methods are added...
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